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Southerns 2015: Facilitating Faculty Research with the Senior Capstone SequenceI'll be at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society this week, presenting Saturday morning (11:00 AM in the Bienville room). Here is the abstract followed by two major figures from the presentation: Facilitating Faculty Research with the Seni...﻿

I'll be at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society this week, presenting Saturday morning (11:00 AM in the Bienville room). Here is the abstract followed by two major figures from the presentation: Facilitati...

Bach's LaborThis is mostly a note to myself for future reference, but maybe some of you will find it helpful, too. My sister, who teaches business at a career college, asked me today how to properly pronounce the name Max Weber as she was getting ready to teach him. It...﻿

Student Success StoryI would hope that my colleagues in psychology would agree with me that their discipline (while certainly distorted by uninformed "pop psychology" theories) has had far more success in gaining respect and understanding among the public than sociology has. Ps...﻿

Culture As Tinted GlassesNorton recently posted a video on YouTube in which Dalton Conley talks with Mario Luis Small about his re-conceptualizing of the culture of poverty thesis. In it, Small offers a metaphor for understanding cognitive culture. It goes like this: Culture is lik...﻿

Is Anti-government Sentiment Actually about How One Views Authority?Hypothesis: Those who hold traditional views of authority (TVA) will be more likely to have negative views of government. Theoretical explanation: Those who hold TVA will be apt to think of their government wielding this kind of authority. Ironically, thos...﻿

Batch 10: Papa Bear Porter: Tasting DayThis beer turned out well. Re-pitching before bottling paid off--too well; the beer ended up over-carbonated for the style. Next time, I'll use considerably less corn sugar, perhaps as low as 2 oz. Because of the carbonation issue, the beer tasted a bit too...﻿

Batch 10: Papa Bear Porter: Secondary Fermentation/Bottling DayAfter about five and a half weeks in the secondary fermenter, the final gravity of the beer ended up at 1.016. With an original gravity of 1.074, the ABV ends up being about 7.61%. The sample tasted amazing with a near-perfect balance of coffee, vanilla, an...﻿

After about five and a half weeks in the secondary fermenter, the final gravity of the beer ended up at 1.016. With an original gravity of 1.074, the ABV ends up being about 7.61%. The sample tasted amazing with a near-perfec...

The Imaginary Political Platform ExerciseThe midterm elections have me imagining what my platform would be if I were running for national political office. I think the exercise is forcing me question some pretty foundational aspects of the current system. Here are 36 of those hypothetical planks: ...﻿

Batch 10: Papa Bear Porter: Primary FermentationThe fermenting ramped up within 24 hours of pitching, and there was obvious airlock activity for seven days after that at a consistent 67°. I halved two vanilla beans, and cut the halves into 1" pieces, which I added to the sanitized 5-gallon carboy. I rack...﻿